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The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, Me too.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Taking
Blood
Saying
Jesus
Cross
Crosses
Flesh

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Sociologically, large groups of people don't generally have massive changes in their belief instantaneously.
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I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us about this love, so that we could live in this love and extend it to others.
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